The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-03
rosd,are 10 have On increase In their wages
amounting on tho average 10 about 20 per

mo lIade OF the 'p1ddler sceuu iisBs
passing away In Scotland, ss basic and
mild steel superaedes Iron. ecotch pud.
oilers bave theeympathy o.. their Wheeling
With Tho exception OF q few iobu
being out Of iron this week, the
Laugblin mill haa made q steady run,
The outlook for long continuance OF Tho
same Ia uncertain. z -i'I''- ="
Good progress Is being made, consider.
ina. the weather, on both tho Weet Viz.
ginia and Warwick China Companioo'
potteries, tho former In the North End and
tho latter In the Fifth ward.
The officials OF tho National Tube
Worka Company mado their annual visit
to their plant, at McKeesport, a few dayo
ago, and the result 10 an order to double
tho present capacity Of the foundry de-.
psrtment. -' I515'.II' -.
Tho Riverside Company willuss Gas fuel
10 all its works excepting tho tube mill st
benwood. 1t 10 unierstood also on good
authority that the Belmont mill will re.
turn to coal. All these chunges OF fuel
benefit tho minors. and there ID almost "a
great \ demand for their aeryices ss eyer
In this vicinity.
Tho Bellaits Tribune congratulated Il.
cell: "Whataves iaay happen to tho fin.
glnss ,i,sCsorieg Se we'll Still have In opera.
ton tho eteel plant and nall mill, tho
bottle works, the stamping works, the
iour window Slsas wolkp. The AZ M iouu-
Dry and machine works. the Ohio Valley
foundry, and al! the railroad shops."
The Bsnwcod nail factory will reaume
work on Monday neg! with coal as fuel
In every department. The experiment
oil running from noon till midnight
with gas as fuel was not successful
for the reason that the COS could not DO
obtained In the afternoons. The company
..xpecls to enter on long and steady run
Monday. gsl -
Trorblo has been and Is being had in
tho Belmont forge department., occ 'sioned
by q shortage OF gas. Unlces there 10
home improvement some arrangement
VIII hsve to be made whereby work can
be commenced about noon, when the flaw
OF gao begins to improve over what 1t Ia in
the morning, or q return 10 coal will have
to DO had. .rIE.5. =.
Tho LaBelle CLAUS worka building has
reached The aecond story all around and
the daoTa are being laid. The building
already hsa the appearance Of mammoth
structure, covering largo space, and when
completed with its numerous Offices and
ware horaeg will BE- tho largest plant OF
the kind in the Ohio Valley.
Negotiations arc now pending between
the old natlers and tho feeder nailors al
the Lsugbllu mill In Martins Ferry, for
tho formation Of local organic ,tion com.
priaing tho entire mailer iorco Of tho mill,
Dolh tho old Gnd the feeder" variety
The "iesder" nailesa pcaItively decline 10
join the Amalgamstion until other mills
arrange for tho same thing.
;! Yesterday was payday ut the LaBalls
mill and pay roll amounting TO $l2. $3.50
was distributed among the men in all dc.
partmsnts. The pay wss for work done
during the peat two weeks, and its sise In.
: dicates that the mill has not been idle BY
any means. Everything has baan run
ming steady, except GB prevented for few
hours on three or iour occasiocs by a
shortage OF gag.
The Wheeling steel plant has been Of
this week foS lack of pig iron, but will re.
turn to work MondSy. The three blast
furnaces controlled by tho COM anles own.
, ing the plant cannot make enough iron to
keep tho plant going steadily, hut the
main difficulty just now ia to get tho iron
, shipped from the iurnSces 10 the plant, on
account Of the freight blockade. :
The lnas report OF tho southwcat Penn.
sylvania Pipe Lines elbows a decreaEs
from the runs OF the previous month o!
81. 09O bsr.ela. This is not aloue due,
however, to the increase in production, ss
tho Western d Atlantic, the new line, ia
beginning to take care OF somo OF the
Washington county oil. The O ober de.
!iveries we're 420054 barrels, $500 more
than In September. y
The North Chicago Rolling Mill Com.
psny lave jast finished an order for steel
rails ota peculiar pattern. The rails are
sixteen ieet ten inches long, with C
grooVed or corrugated surface. They arc
10 BIS used In paving street in Chicago,
The order was for fly tons. The rails
will be- laid lsT inches apart, and the
ispace between them will DO filled with q
patent competition. The pavement is a
new idea and 10 intended for streets on
which there is much heavy teaming.
The steu6snvilla Gasas OF Thursday
says: President Wallace, Of the Jeaeraon
| Iron Works, yesterday aigniied his will.
siDgneaa to pay the miuers the Is conta per
icsr ioE which they D!ruck, and the Mineru'
Assembly met llst evening snd DECIDED to
accept. Work will, therefore, DO resumed
at orcs in the Jefferson mines, some Of
the men having gone in this morning to
clenn up ready for mining. Theirs were
fortJ.forr men went out and We UNDER
stand that at least TINT many will now be
employed in addition 10 the company
men, including coke burners, &C., ths
whole number probably reaching seventy.
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